Dubbo trainer Connie Greig is getting the best out of her stable at the moment but getting the attitude out of Bonee Tess is a whole other issue.
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Greig is one of the form trainers in the western region, with her record over the past six weeks working out to be roughly one win from every meeting she attends.
She will look to keep her run going at Wellington on Friday but with one of her hopes “it all depends what mood she is in”.
Greig described Bonee Tess as “not a pleasant animal” but there is no doubting the five-year-old’s talent.
Despite all her anger, Bonee Tess has scored a win and two placings in her last four starts and on Friday will line up from barrier six in the Wellington Inn Benchmark 60 Handicap (1000m).
She hates everything and she’s just not a very nice or happy animal.
- Connie Greig
“She hates everything and she’s just not a very nice or happy animal,” Greig said.
“She’s not a very pleasant animal but she can gallop and she’s very quick but she’s also quick to throw down.
“I do as little as I can with her, I just stay away.”
As a sprinter, Greig said she leaves Bonee Tess to her own devices between starts.
There hasn’t been much work done in the lead up to Friday’s event but Greig is hopeful the mare will show what she’s capable of.
Bonee Tess is coming off a win at Brewarrina and Kody Nestor, who rode her that day, will again be in the saddle at Wellington.
“Obviously she was down in class last start but Kody got her to the front and she was never going to get beat,” Greig said.
“That’s what she can do but there’s some handy horses she’s going up against.
“But hopefully she can break away down that hill there and they can’t catch her.
“She’s going well but it all depends what mood she’s in.”
Greig pointed to Barry Molloy’s Lake Lugarno as her main threat, with the Forbes galloper having won two from two this preparation.
Greig’s fellow Dubbo trainer Garry Lunn has Oskastar in action while Cameron Crockett’s Exciteantion returns from a spell to jump from barrier five.
Greig has two hopes in the race, with bottom weight Return Journey also lining up.
As well as the two in the same race, the Dubbo trainer will also take Murta Cape and Underground Wonder, who she will test over a longer distance, to Wellington.
The Dubbo trainer, who transferred west from Hawkesbury in August, admitted its not the strongest contingent she’s taken to a track in recent times but Return Journey also won last start at Brewarrina.
A win at Wellington for Greig would go with victories at Orange, Dubbo, Coonabarabran, Narromine and Hawkesbury in recent times.
“It’s been very good over the last month or so but in general things are good and I’m just riding the wave while it’s being nice to me,” Greig said.
“There was a lot of rain when we got here but once it left we could get back into work and it’s all been going well.”
Friday’s eight-race meeting begins at 1.23pm.